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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Porlock Allotment NECountry: England County: Somerset Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Minehead Nearest Village: Porlock
Map Ref: SS84014471 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.189807N Longitude: 3.661158W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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SandyG visited on 4th Mar 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here walk northward along the roadside verge for about 50m, then cross the road and enter the field on you left using the gateway. Head westward passing the stone circle. Best visited in the winter or spring months when the bracken is not growing.
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The cairn is about 8 metres in diameter, and still perhaps half a metre high. Within it can be seen several large stones jutting out, and a hollow in the top presumably due to ancient grave robbers.
Just to the north is a large stone which looks like it might once have been standing. It’s a sort of triangular shape, 2.5 m long by 1.5 m wide. I thought this was a lovely place above the conjugation of the two streams, all very atmospheric.
There is also supposed to be the remains of a little row here, but if there is one, it is very well hidden in the heather, gorse and bracken. I found nothing which particularly matches the stones which may be marked on the map.
I have since found reference to at least two stones here, up to half a metre tall, but I think I would have found those. I have also found reference to them having gone missing.
To find this, drive south along the Exford road from Whitstone Post junction, and after a couple of kilometres there is a place to park by the little bridge just south of the gated entrance to the sheepfold beside the stone circle. The stone circle is just inside this field to thee west of the road.
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